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Oct. 7, 1930. H, N, FELEY 1,777,637

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Original Filed April 2. 1926 I r I 1 g I r 5 5 1 i a 5 l l I I INVENTOR Henry /V. Fe/ey ms nrromgr Patented Oct. 7, 1930 UNITED STATES HENRY N. FELEY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY BOOK Original application filed April 2, 1926, Serial No. 99,237. Divided and this application filed November 8, 1926. Serial No. 147,049,

The object ofthe invention is to provide an improved flat-opening check-book, or other book, constructed in an advantageous manner so that the book will lie open at any point. It is a serious inconvenience of ordinary cheoL-books that they must be held open in order to keep the stubs from springing over onto the page to be written upon. According to the present invention the book is bound by means of shaft memberspassed through openings in the sheets and cover and provided with upset ends outside the cover, and spacer means on the shafts inside the cover, the spacer means being adapted to bear against the inner sides of the cover and keep the sheets free, that is to say, not tightly held or gripped. V fact that the openings through the separate sheets are materially larger than the diameter of the parts standing within them, permits the leaves to separate loosely at any point where the book isopened. Other features of the invention will becomeapparent as the specification proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the book embodying the invention, a portion of the cover being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the book, open, the end portions being broken away because of lack of space;

F 3 is a fragmentary sectional View on a larger scale, showing the closed condi- .'2 tion and Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are detail sectional views of the parts seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, before assembling.

The stifl-board coverof the book is marked 2, the hinges of the front and back parts of the cover are marked 3, and the binding strip of the cover is marked 4. The interior pad consists of separate leaves 5,not united by stitching, staples or gum.

Two large holes 6 are madethrough the rear portion of the collection of leaves, and corresponding holes 7 are made in the cover. The holes in both the leaves and cover may be made at the same time.

A tubular shaft 8 having a flange 9 is first This, together with the inserted through each ofthe holes niche of i the parts of the cover. A washer lOis then placed over each of the shafts 8 so" that it rests against theinside of the cover. Sleeves 11 are then pushed over the shafts '8 having their'lower ends abutting the Washers 10.

The two shafts 8, their washers 10 and sleeves llhaving been assembled in this manner, the collection of sheets 5 are placed over the shafts and sleeves. The two other washers 12 are pushed over the protruding ends of the shafts 8 so that they abut the upper ends of the sleeves 11. The openings 7 in the other cover member arethen passed over the ends of the shafts, this cover member resting on the washers 12. A-washer13 is placed over the end of each shaft outside the cover, and the ends 1% are upset, forming a retaining head. The flanges 9 forming the heads at the opposite side ofthe book are preferably 1 shaped under pressure in the dies as shown in Fig. 3.

It will be observed that the spacer means formed by the sleeves 11 andwashers l0. and 12 which bear against the inner sides of the cover is so designed, and of such length, that the pressure exerted in clinching and upsetting the binder fastenings does not result in the leaves 5-being-gripped or compressed at the binding. Instead they remain quite loosebetween the parts ofthe cover, which are held somewhat away from the leaves by the washers 10 and 12. The distance between the washers 10 and 12 is greater than the thickness of the pad of leaves, or, at least, theleaves are only loose- 1y held between the washers 10 and 12. Furthermore, it willbe seen that the holes 6 through the leaves are materially wider than the external diameter of the sleeves 11 within them. Consequently, when the book is opened at any point, the two sections of the collection of sheets part freely as shown in Fig. 2, and there is no tendency for one side to flop over the other.

Further contributing to this effect, the individual sheets are provided with creases 15, parallel with the binding, adjacent and in front of the holes 6, these creases tending to destroy the springiness of the paper at the regions where the leaves curve over 7 the bends of the cover at the hinges 6, withgut. seriously injuring the strength of the ber.

It may be desirable in manufacturing books in accordance with this invention to have the washers on either end of the sleeves 11 of varying thickness to provide more or,

less space between the covers and the collection of sheets. This would be determined before the books were assembled and it would be a simple matter to provide washers of any desired thickness. 7 I

This application is a division of my pending allowed application Serial No. 99,237,

filed April 2, 1926, patented Nov. 9, 1926,

r N 0. 1,606,213. r

I claim: A book comprising covers and sheets, the

covers and sheets having registering perforations for binding, a sleeve passed through the perforations in the sheets and having a length exceedingthe combined thickness of the sheets, a shaft passing through the sleeve and the perforations in the covers, the shaft being headed at both ends beyond the covers, and washers closely encircling the shaft and bearing directly against the respective ends of the sleeve, said washers serving to confine the sheets within the length of the sleeve, andproviding with the headed ends of the shaft a rigid gripping means for the covers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

1 HENRY N. FELEY. 

